Mystery Science Theater 3000: TIME OF THE APES Rewatch

June 28, 2020 12:37 PM - Season 3, Episode 6

Rewatch! Tonight: another classic early episode, in this movie (really episodes of a Japanese show stitched together by Sandy Frank), a couple of Japanese kids visit their uncle in their high-tech monkey freezing compound. Then an earthquake hits, and the two and a lab assistant seek refuge in a freezing chamber. They're flash-frozen and wake up in a future where APES RULE THE WORRRLD. But there's also a ton of other stuff going on: human Godo the survivalist, Pepe the friendly monkeyperson, vengeful ape Gaybar(?), the stern but ultimately helpful leader ape, and the deus ex machina-ish "UECOM" ("Yukon?") that hovers in the sky. Completely bonkers. Previously
posted by JHarris (3 comments total)

It's time... time for the apes! MST Club is just getting started tonight, which on Sundays now begins with the episode at 7 PM Eastern, at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub!
posted by JHarris at 4:11 PM on June 28, 2020

I feel this is one of the more coherent Sandy Frank ones (which isn't saying much).
posted by Chrysostom at 8:58 PM on June 28, 2020 [2 favorites]

A lot of the TV show was left on the cutting room floor, but I see what you mean. The least coherent of them all is, of course, Mighty Jack, which is so random that I still can't quite tell you what the movie is about.
posted by JHarris at 11:49 PM on June 28, 2020 [1 favorite]